New Mexico
Report: Richard Pitino to bring New Mexico coaching staff to Xavier
Xavier made it official Tuesday night when it announced the hiring of Richard Pitino as its next head coach.
Xavier’s offseason can start with Pitino forming his staff, and the process is already underway.
According to Geoff Grammer, who covers the Lobos for the Albuquerque Journal, Pitino’s staff at New Mexico have already accepted a move to Xavier.
“Richard Pitino plans to take (and they’ve accepted) the entire coaching staff with him − assistant coaches Isaac Chew, Tarvish Felton, Aaron Katsuma, Davie Pilipovich − with him at Xavier,” Grammer said in a social media post Wednesday, adding that Chew would be a candidate to replace Pitino as New Mexico’s head coach.
Chew just finished his fourth season on Pitino’s staff at New Mexico and was promoted to associate head coach in April 2024. He has previous assistant coaching experience at Murray State, Missouri, Marquette, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M and Grand Canyon, according to his coaching bio.
Felton had a 10-season run at Utah State before serving as the associate head coach at Fresno State for four years. He has been with New Mexico since 2022.
Katsuma spent five seasons at Colorado State (four as director of basketball operations) before joining New Mexico as an assistant for back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. Katsuma was on Pitino’s staff at Minnesota for four total seasons.
Pilipovich has over 35 years of coaching experience. He was the head coach at Air Force for eight seasons from 2012-2020.
In Austin, Sean Miller was introduced as the next head basketball coach at Texas on Tuesday afternoon. Miller said he’s planning to bring “a number” of staff members at Xavier to Texas, according to David Eckert of the Austin American-Statesman.
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An NBA veteran made a Christmas Eve stop for something green at a Santa Teresa cannabis dispensary.
Markieff Morris of the Los Angeles Lakers visited Hi Life Dispensary in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Christmas Eve while spending time with family in the El Paso area, according to budtender Edgar Omar Tovar, who goes by “Chino.”
Hi Life, located at 5620 McNutt Road, offers both medical and recreational cannabis under New Mexico’s legalization laws. Retail sales of adult-use cannabis began in April 2022.
Cannabis sales in New Mexico continue to climb. In November, dispensaries reported $45.9 million in revenue from 814,229 transactions, with adult-use purchases totaling $35.8 million and medical sales $10 million. Since legalization, cumulative statewide sales have surpassed $2.02 billion, including $1.45 billion in adult-use and $572.7 million in medical sales, across more than 45 million transactions, according to the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department.
Are NBA players allowed to use cannabis?
Under the 2023 NBA–NBPA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), cannabis is not a prohibited substance and players are not randomly tested for marijuana. However, the league can still take action if a player is impaired during team or NBA activities or violates the law or conduct rules.
The agreement also permits players to invest in cannabis-related businesses (with restrictions) and endorse certain CBD products with prior approval. In short, off-court cannabis use is not automatically a violation, but on-duty impairment remains prohibited.
Read the complete CBA here.
Aaron Bedoya is a manager and content strategist for the El Paso Times. He can be reached at abedoya@elpasotimes.com.
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